Give me an indication of where I could meet You.

 

 

If my sigh of ‘Ah!’ had any effect,

 

Then my beloved will definitely come my way.

My Shaikh, Hazrat Shah Abdul Ghani Saheb () used to ask why the word ‘Kubra’ is attached to Hazrat Najmuddin Kubra’s name. The reason he would ask this is because the word Najmuddin is masculine and the word Kubra is feminine. So how can a masculine noun have a feminine adjective? This is not grammatically correct (according to the Arabic language). So my Shaikh would answer that ‘kubra’ is not the adjective for Najmuddin because here, the noun is hidden. The full name is Shah Najmuddin Sultan Sahibu Munazira-e-Kubra. Therefore, ‘kubra’ is the adjective for Munazira, which is the noun, and both of these are feminine.

 
Sultan Najmuddin Kubra went to Hafiz Sherazi’s father and asked him how many sons he has. His father replied that he has seven sons. Sultan Najmuddin then told him to call all of his sons but only six of his sons came forward (all being business and worldly-minded). Sultan Najmuddin did not see the one he was shown in the dream. He then asked the father if he had another son. He replied, ‘yes, but I consider him unworthy of being my son. All my other sons are business-minded and working, whereas he just wanders in the jungle crying like a mad man.’ Hazrat Shaikh Najmuddin Kubra replied, ‘That madman is exactly the one I am in search of. The Sustainer of your son, your Sustainer and my Sustainer has sent me specifically to this son of yours. He has commanded me to make his tarbiyat and guide him to Allah.’ Sultan Najmuddin Kubra then proceeded to the jungle and saw Hafiz Shirazi there. Meanwhile, Hafiz Shirazi was also informed about his Shaikh by means of inspiration.